You’ll usually find Kim Kaupe bright and early at WeWork Empire State during the workweek. “I’m almost always the first person on the fifth floor in the mornings,” she told us. The early-riser and cofounder of ZinePak is busy running a business that creates collectible pieces of memorabilia for superfans of an artist or a […]

Life as a 20-something is most often characterized by excitement, vim, and a bursting passion for the future. It’s a time to explore new places and find (or at least search) for a better sense of self. Holly Thaggard, however, was forced to witness a very different side to early adulthood when a close friend […]

Member Spotlight is a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. In this edition, we chatted with Jeremy Kagan, founder and CEO of the ad management tool, Pricing Engine. Pricing Engine provides all small business owners a simple, unified platform for running their search marketing and digital advertising. After realizing that many were bogged […]

An office can tell you a lot about a creator, and we instantly fell in love with Tracy Foster’s cozy yet chic space and her line of handcrafted leather camera bags at WeWork Soho West. Whether she’s working on the latest collection in her accessories line, ONA Bags, or decorating her office, Foster is first […]

Let’s go back to the year 2000. A new age site called Google is in Beta and haunting images of dancing babies plague the Internet. Windows 98 is threatening to take over the world, “You’ve got mail” has become a household phrase, and anyone can have the most ridiculous questions answered in a flash by […]

Philosopher Simone de Beauvoir believed that “There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.” Writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron said an evening in the city caused her “heart to do a little dance.”  And poet Ezra Pound described city nights resembling “squares after squares of flames.” While each of these claims […]

An office can tell you a lot about an entrepreneur, and we found ourselves particularly captivated by Sophia Bilynsky’s colorful space at WeWork Madison. Bilynsky is the Founder and Creative Director of AlleyCat Designs, a New York City-based design firm that crafts ideas and delivers scalable artistic solutions for businesses of all types. The firm […]